Resilient and Sustainable Steel Structures: Advanced Manufacturing, Lifetime Extension and Disaster Mitigation
A special issue of Infrastructures (ISSN 2412-3811). This special issue belongs to the section "Infrastructures and Structural Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 523
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; advanced construction materials; construction automation; structural strengthening
Interests: disaster resilience; hybrid physics data modelling; infrastructure system network; decision-support framework
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Steel structures are widely used for infrastructures and buildings, such as bridges, wind turbines, tranmission towers, offshore platforms, factories, industrial facilities, and public halls. However, many steel infrastructures worldwide are facing increasing challenges associated with aging, rising maintenance demands, exposure to extreme hazards, and increasing disaster risks. Enhancing the resilience and sustainability of steel structures has therefore become a strategic priority that aligns with the global pursuit of carbon neutrality. Achieving resilience and sustainability in steel structures requires a multi-pronged approach, including advanced manufacturing, lifetime extension, and disaster mitigation.
Advanced manufacturing technologies, such as application of green materials, robotic fabrication, and additive manufacturing, enhance production efficiency, minimize raw material consumption, and reduce embodied energy, while maintaining structural integrity. Modular design facilitates a circular economy, enabling the disassembly, reuse, and recycling of structural components.
Lifetime extension plays a pivotal role in improving sustainability and reducing the environmental footprint of steel infrastructures. Innovations in corrosion protection, advanced coating systems, and structural health monitoring facilitate proactive and condition-based maintenance strategies. When combined with data-driven assessment, digital twins, and smart repair or strengthening solutions, these intelligent approaches can significantly optimize maintenance decision-making, enhance structural performance, and extend service life.
Disaster mitigation for steel infrastructures is essential to public safety and societal resilience under multi-hazard environments, including earthquakes, extreme winds, and cascading hazard scenarios. By integrating predictive evaluation models, preventative engineering measures, and rapid recovery solutions, steel structures can be designed and managed to not only resist extreme events but also maintain or rapidly restore functionality.
This Special Issue aims to bring together the latest research advances and practical applications in the field of steel structures. Contributions presenting innovative approaches that enhance the efficiency, durability, resilience, and sustainability of steel structures across the entire industry chain and throughout the full product lifecycle are highly encouraged.
Dr. Sizhe Wang
Dr. Huangbin Liang
Dr. Hanqing Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metallic structure
- green steel material
- robotic fabrication
- additive manufacturing
- modular construction
- structural maintenance
- structural health monitoring
- disaster risk analysis
- structural retrofitting
- recycle and reuse
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